Nicholas Thurkettle » Pictures http://www.nicholasthurkettle.com Writer, Actor, Filmmaker Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:57:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Chicago Trip (IS OVER!) Pic of the Day http://www.nicholasthurkettle.com/2012/01/04/chicago-trip-is-over-pic-of-the-day/ http://www.nicholasthurkettle.com/2012/01/04/chicago-trip-is-over-pic-of-the-day/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:25:20 +0000 nt http://www.nicholasthurkettle.com/?p=570 Back in Southern California. High temperature supposed to be around 70 tomorrow. Yep, I live in Fantasyland.

Hitting the ground running, though, Jimmy. I’ll fill you in soon.

Chicago O’Hare Airport:

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]]> http://www.nicholasthurkettle.com/2012/01/03/chicago-trip-pic-of-the-day-13/feed/ 0 Chi-town Picpost – Keeping the Flowers Warm http://www.nicholasthurkettle.com/2012/01/03/chi-town-picpost-keeping-the-flowers-warm/ http://www.nicholasthurkettle.com/2012/01/03/chi-town-picpost-keeping-the-flowers-warm/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:37:40 +0000 nt http://www.nicholasthurkettle.com/?p=563 The Lincoln Park Conservatory is on prime land on Chicago’s lake shore. It was built in the 1890′s, so it’s not Victorian-influenced, it’s legit Victorian, magnificent glass and iron. It’s also free to the public year-round.

Having never been good at retaining flower names, it’s only now, having seen many in this visit and looked it up to confirm, that I can say: Poinsettias really do nothing for me.

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I doubt I went more than a half-mile back on the actual trail, it was brisk out and the sun was setting. But oh, what a sunset.

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]]> http://www.nicholasthurkettle.com/2012/01/02/chi-town-picpost-millennium-trail-walk/feed/ 0 Chicago Trip Pic of the Day – 1/2 http://www.nicholasthurkettle.com/2012/01/02/chicago-trip-pic-of-the-day-12/ http://www.nicholasthurkettle.com/2012/01/02/chicago-trip-pic-of-the-day-12/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:24:32 +0000 nt http://www.nicholasthurkettle.com/?p=556 Made my traditional move out to the suburbs, so there will less grand sights for these last couple of days. LOLCat-style captions are welcome.

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